US commanders interacting with Taliban leaders, 'no threat' by group to airport evacuation: Pentagon

U.S. commanders are interacting with Taliban leaders in Afghanistan amid the mission to evacuate Americans and Afghan allies from Kabul, the Pentagon said Tuesday.

U.S. commanders "are charged with making sure this is a safe and secure environment, and we trust them to have the interactions they feel they need to have to ensure that, in every aspect across the whole spectrum of what this mission requires of them, that they can do it safely and efficiently, and in an orderly manner," Kirby said.  Kirby elaborated on the "assessed threat" at this point, saying that the U.S. has "had no hostile interactions, no attack and no threat by the Taliban."